Ben Carter Email & Phone Number

I am thrilled to be joining Fittleworth Medical Limited as Managing Director, and working as part of a team that is so dedicated and motivated to make a difference to those we serve.

Uk & Ireland

United Kingdom

Ben is a highly successful Commercial Business Leader who brings extensive board level experience in improving business performance across a diverse range of organisations and sectors. He is recognised for a customer and people centric approach, and has a consistent track record of transforming organisations to deliver results. Ben is a natural influencer, coach and mentor who is highly ethical, decisive and energetic. He networks and influences with ease, and can bring out the best in people… Show more Ben is a highly successful Commercial Business Leader who brings extensive board level experience in improving business performance across a diverse range of organisations and sectors. He is recognised for a customer and people centric approach, and has a consistent track record of transforming organisations to deliver results. Ben is a natural influencer, coach and mentor who is highly ethical, decisive and energetic. He networks and influences with ease, and can bring out the best in people to deliver on customer needs and achieve business goals. He is an enabler of people, using coaching and mentoring skills to aid others in personal and career development. Ben has a passion for leading change and has extensive experience in leading large-scale change initiatives, and in creating and successfully implementing strategies in complex environments.As a Business and Leadership Consultant, Ben offers specialist support in:- Strategy Development- Change Leadership- Sales Leadership- Commercial Excellence and Strategy- Sales Force Effectiveness- Stakeholder Management- Operational Leadership- Interim Management Show less

North Uk & Ireland

Provide leadership and direction to ETHICON Surgical Care and ETHICON Energy sales teams across North UK, Ireland, Cardiothoracic and Vet. Lead marketing activity for ETHICON Surgical Care in UK and Ireland.

Lead and direct sales force to deliver sales success. Develop and implement UK and Ireland sales deployment model to reflect marketplace trends. Provide leadership and direction to regional sales teams and national cardiothoracic sales team. Foster positive and successful culture through highly engaged and motivated team.

Developed and implemented new commercial approach for organisation to focus on value the company offers. Successfully renegotiated major contracts in line with new commercial approach. Combined role with acting as Strategic Account Director across Johnson and Johnson medical companies to develop stronger, mutually beneficial, partnerships with strategic accounts.

Built and led Strategic Relations team with team members based throughout Soctland. Developed mutually beneficial relations and corporate reputation with key funders and influencers. Identified and developed new strategic partnerships to achieve greater alignment betweenf external organisations activities and Visit Scotland’s strategic direction.

Responsible for leadership of Edinburgh and Lothians team of 95 staff engaged in marketing, stakeholder relationship management, and provision of visitor information. Led multi-agency and private sector development of destination promotion and tourism development strategies and plans for the region. Built key stakeholder relations across government, public and private sector.

Formed and led directorate with 60 staff across seven teams. Developed strategic planning process and inaugural corporate and business plans to provide strategic direction for the organisation. Managed deployment of resources to focus on key areas for improvement of healthcare in Scotland. Managed change process for integrating additional organisations into structure.

Revised company's commercial approach and successfully delivered new pricing strategy and routes to market, to enable accelerated business growth. Led commercial negotiations with key strategic partners that supported business growth.

Led implementation of ‘integrated sales process’ and Customer Relationship Management system based on process excellence principles. Certified as Six Sigma practitioner and delivered significant annual recurring incremental business growth through implementing a revised reward and recognition scheme.

Regional sales manager for Scotland, N. Ireland, NE England and Yorkshire

Led and directly responsible for manufacturing facility with approximately 400 staff. Implemented changes that improved lead times, line item fill rates and customer satisfaction.

Improved customer satisfaction through reshaping production planning activities. Redesigned new product introduction processes to get new products to market faster. Instilled greater customer focus in production planning and manufacturing activities.

Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Ba (Hons), Business Studies

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